Your doctor may recommend tapering your dose over time to minimize withdrawal symptoms.

How Long Does Suboxone Withdrawal Last?

Symptoms of Suboxone withdrawal usually last for a week but may last up to 10 days.

Coping with Suboxone Withdrawal

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Other physical cold-like symptoms, such as a runny or stuffy nose, generally disappear after 10 days.

Physical Symptoms of Withdrawal from Suboxone

Suboxone causes most of the physical symptoms typical of opioid withdrawal.

Health professionals use this scale to determine the severity of opioid withdrawal syndrome.

It is not unusual to struggle with issues of guilt andregret.

Figuring out how to get your life back on track can feel overwhelming and emotionally exhausting.

Thats why its so important to reach out for help.

Suboxone is a long-acting opioid, which means withdrawal symptoms can take several days to appear.

Sometimes, however, psychological symptoms can linger for several weeks.

This may include depression and an inability to feel pleasure.

Such symptoms usually peak within five days and largely resolve within a week.

Tapering means gradually reducing your dose over time.

Tapering Schedule

Suboxone tapering schedules typically take place over the course of 7 to 28 days.

Other studies have found that withdrawal symptoms are managed best by a slow, flexible tapering schedule.

With a flexible taper schedule, your doctor can slow the dose reduction if you experience any uncomfortable symptoms.

Tapering on your own increases the likelihood of failure.Unsuccessful attempts to quit are discouraging and psychologically distressing.

Lucemyra works by reducing the release ofnorepinephrine, a neurotransmitter believed to play a role in withdrawal symptoms.

It is currently approved to treat healthy adults for a maximum of 14 days following opioid cessation.

It’s also important to eat a well-balanced diet to keep vitamin and electrolyte levels up.

Try mild to moderate exercise to help you deal with restlessness.

Find something else to focus on during withdrawal, such as a television show, book, or hobby.

Get support and encouragement from a local community group or Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting.

Suboxone Relapse Potential

Opioid withdrawal is often unpleasant, but it is very rarely dangerous.

The biggest threat to people withdrawing from Suboxone is the risk of relapse.

But people who have been taking Suboxone are typically further along on the path to recovery.

A relapse at this point can be both discouraging and dangerous because your tolerance will have dropped substantially.

Relapsing after your tolerance has decreased can lead to adangerous or potentially fatal opioid overdose.

Suboxone is not recommended during pregnancy,but buprenorphine without naltrexone is.

Suboxone allows you to develop a long-term treatment strategy without being distracted by the discomfort of withdrawal.

Talk therapy can help you figure out why you began using drugs in the first place.

Identifying these triggers helps you recognize and eliminate the negative thought patterns that cause you to make poor decisions.

Research shows that combining talk therapy with medication management is more effective at treating opioid addiction than medication alone.

There are many ways toexplore talk therapy.

You might consider working one-on-one with a psychologist or mental health counselor in private practice.

you could meet with a mental health or addiction counselor at a local community clinic.

For more mental health resources, see ourNational Helpline Database.

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